Haworthia blackburniae var. derustensis

This is a more robust variety of H. blackburniae with dark green-brownish leaves, they are more erect and more channelled. H. derustensis is flowering much earlier than H. blackburniae and H. graminifolia.It is growing in the De Rust area. In the locality it forms, if protected by bushes, large clumps and leaves are more than 0,5 long. It grows here together with H. aranea and G. brachyphylla.

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In cultivation it seems to be faster grower than H. blackburniae and H. graminifolia. Propagation needs to by done by seeds.